ProgCloseOut
Africa RISING Program Close-out Event
7 - 9 February, 2023
Alissa Hotel
Accra, Ghana[edit | edit source]
OBJECTIVES
- Showcase Africa RISING achievements at regional and program level.
- Present and critically assess the major research and development results of the program.
- Explore opportunities for further scaling of project outputs and outcomes beyond Africa RISING.
- Harness key lessons for Africa RISING and sister projects.
EXPECTED OUTPUTS
- Documentation of Africa RISING's results and their transition pathways
- Synthesis notes capturing implementation lessons on systems research and SIAF from the perspectives of Africa RISING and other projects like CSISA and SIIL
DAY ONE, 7 February [Tuesday]
- 08:30 Registration
- 09:00 Participant introductions - Facilitators
- 09:45 Close out event objectives & agenda overview – Peter Thorne
- 09:50 Opening/welcome remarks
- Africa RISING Program Coordination Team Chair - Siboniso Moyo, ILRI DDG-R4D Livestock Genetics and Feeds & Forages
- USAID Ghana Country Mission - Amber Lily Kenny, Deputy Office Director – Economic Growth
- USAID Washington DC - Jerry Glover, Deputy Director, Center for Agriculture Led Growth
- Honourable Deputy Minister of Food and Agriculture Ghana Ministry - Hon. Mohammed Tufero
- 10:30 Coffee break and group photo
- 11:00 Timeline review of the Africa RISING Program with key milestones and achievements - joint presentation by Fred Kizito, Peter Thorne, Carlo Azzarri
12:00 Market Place of project level technologies/achievements (in poster format) organized around three thematic SI entry points: (i) genetic intensification, (ii) ecological intensification, and (iii) socio-economic intensification.
- Genetic intensification
- Improved crop varieties (Faba bean with bread wheat) in Ethiopia – Zewdie Bishaw
- Improved forage varieties in Ethiopia – Melkamu Bezabih
- Drought tolerant quality protein maize – Patrick Okori
- High yielding disease resistant groundnut – Patrick Okori
- Dual purpose sorghum varieties – Folorunso Akinseye
- Resilient varieties of Tomato – Inviolate Mosha
- Improved/diseases tolerant vegetable varieties adapted to northern Ghana – Jean Baptiste Tignegre
- 13:00 - 14:20: Lunch break
- 14:30 Market Place Cont'd...
- Ecological intensification
- Landscape-scale rehabilitation in Ethiopia – Degefie Tibebe
- Site-specific fertilizer recommendations – Getachew Agegnehu
- Doubled up legumes – Regis Chikowo
- Targeting crop sequencing – Regis Chikowo
- Soil and water conservation in Tanzania – Elirehema Swai
- Cowpea living mulch in Ghana – Nurudeen Abdul Rahman
- Contour bunding in Mali – Kalifa Traore
- 15:30 Coffee break and group photo
- Socio-economic intensification
- Feed trough in Ethiopia – Kindu Mekonnen
- Small scale mechanization (2WT tractors) in Ethiopia – Rabe Yahaya
- High value fruit trees in Ethiopia – Endalkachew Woldemeskel
- Technologies for reducing post-harvest losses – Christopher Mutungi
- Vegetable gardens in Mali – Mahama Saaka
- Maize shellers in Ghana – Bekele Kotu
- Advisory services in Ghana and Mali – Fred Kizito
- Efficient feed utilization through feed troughs in West Africa – Sadat Salifu
- 16:30 End of day 1
- 18:30 Welcome Cocktail
DAY TWO, 8 February [Wednesday]
- 08:30 Overview of Day 2 agenda
- 08:40 Recap of previous day (Menti excercise)
- 09:00 Panel interview on implementing the SIAF - Regis Chikowo, Patrick Okori, Jim Hammond, Nurudeen Abdul Rahman & Peter Thorne
- 10:30 Coffee break
- 11:00 Data management discussion - Benedict Boyubie, Daniel Mgalla, Birhan Abdulkadir (coordinated by Carlo Azzarri)
- 11:30 Returns on Investment - Bekele Kotu, Jim Hammond, and Julius Manda (coordinated by Carlo Azzarri)
- 12:00 Program-wide synthesis study results - Carlo Azzarri
- 13:00 Lunch
- 14:30 Country table discussions to reflect on AR Program-wide synthesis results
- 15:00 Fishbowl: Partnerships in Scaling – Lessons from selected scaling partners - Million Gebreyes (ILRI), Haroon Sseguya (IITA), Patrick Kiao (Mwanga), Betty Maeda (frmr. USAID Tanzania), Nana Ntiamoah (Degas), Aminata Coulibaly (Mali Mark)
- 15:30 Coffee break
- 16:45 Wrap up day 2
DAY THREE, 9 February [Thursday]
- 08:30 Overview of day 3 agenda
- 08:40 Response to some of the concerns about the program-wide synthesis study results - Carlo Azzarri
- 09:00 Experiences and lessons in harnessing diversity and research partnerships in projects like the Africa RISING partnerships? – Mateete Bekunda
- 09:45 Building upon Africa RISING successes - F.Kizito
- 10:15 Coffee break
- 10:30 What to expect in the upcoming end of program report - Jonathan Odhong
- 11:00 Panel discussion: How to conduct systems research and showcase value – experiences from Africa RISING, CSISA, and One CGIAR Mixed Farming Systems Initiative. Panel: Peter Thorne (AR), Santiago Lopez (Mixed Farming Systems Initiative),Irmgard Hoeschle-Zeledon, Jerry Glover (USAID) - facilitated by Fred Kizito
- 12:30 Remarks by USAID - Jerry Glover
- 13:00 Lunch
- 14:30 Fun debrief exercise with all participants
- 15:30 Reflections by the Regional Project Managers - Fred Kizito & Peter Thorne/Kindu Mekonnen
- 15:00 Closing remarks
- High level leadership from the lead centers
- Siboniso Moyo, ILRI
- Robert Asiedu, IITA
- 16:00 Wrap up of event